(c) 2022 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

(c) 2024 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Woman Reclining

artist Paul César Helleu (Vannes, 1859 - 1927, Paris)

Dateabout 1890

Place MadeFrance, Europe

MediumBrown ink and brown and black wash on wove paper

Dimensions22.5 x 28.1 cm (8 7/8 x 11 1/16 in.)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession number1.2.r.25

eMuseum ID722125

EmbARK ObjectID12353

Original Number3.4.o.139

TMS Source ID1484

Last Updated10/3/24

Status

Not on view

Web CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

BibliographyNotesCatalogue. Fenway Court. (Boston, 1903), p. 1. (as one of "Three Sepia Drawings of a Lady by Helleu")
Rollin van N. Hadley (ed.). Drawings: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, 1968), p. 66.

MarksNotesSigned in brown ink (lower left): Helleu

ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from Paul César Helleu, Paris in 1892, for 600 francs for three drawings (with 1.2.r.23 and 1.2.r.24).